Hood-retainer for motor-vehicles.



,1. soum'is. 000 RBTMN ER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

"APPLICATIQN men my a. 1916. v

Patented July 11, 1916.

- T0 alho ham it actor whichflwill be may concern: Be it known thetI, JoHN SQU'IBE S, a cit zenfof the United States, and res ding at Detroit,in the county {of eWayne'end State of ltiichigen, have invented'a, newand Improved Hood Retainer for" Motors-Vehicles,- 1

of which the follow ng is'a specification, This invention relates tomeans for yieldingly holding edges of the its object hoods of motorvehicles, and

' strong," simple, and easily attachedto and detached from the hood, andwhich will prevent rattlihgbe' pull on the 1 j plate 17 and bracketcause of the lower edges of uniform downward the hood. p

This inventlonconsistsqof a; sulostentially C shaped spring hztVlIig oneend pivotelly V mounted on a side p a hook orpeir ofhiooks 1 vehicleequipped with this improved re-' In the drawings,

of a; bracket? means of bolts 8. The

tainer. Fig. 2'is an end elevation end htig. 3 a side elevatlon' of theretaining dev ce.

Fights is an elejvzttionof a COIlIlGCtlIlgplIi.

Siinilar reference characters referto like parts throughout the severalviews.

l isa side bar of chz'issis or frame which supports theradn atojn 2 andthe dashB. The hood 4 may be and it normally [-ient meinbenp votallymounted onseid pin, I

lhood ande pin carried by. the free end of the resilient mem of anydesired construction rests ongthe dash and on a, ing yeztiwardly fromthe radiator. parts are shown conventionally and jfeny f hood; dash andrediflange; 5 pro ect other construction 0 ator' may be employed.

The retaining device" lower edge of the side 7 two eyes e9 on thisbracket receive the pin" 11 having a groove 12. A C- from a fiat bar hasan eye 1e at each end,

- and each eye is 'form'ed'withan inwardly extending tongue 15Ithat'proj ectstinto the Application me my a,

down or retaining thelower is to provide devices of this-chars g Thesefor holding down 6 of the hood consists secured to'the sidebar 1 by ihaped .resilient member 13 formed noon-manning non moron-VEHICLES.

191s; Seria no. eeose.

v Specification of lettci'sfatent.' I Patntd J fly 11, ifiifi, I I ISecured ifo the side 6 ofthe hood by means p of the loolts'lfi is aplate lS ithfit are adapted to receive the free endof the resilient memassemble the retainenthe lowerend of the 9, of the .bracket 17 rend isdriven through the elined eyes, ends of, the ,pin 11 @forein'g hack thetongue 15 which i efpinsll The; other pin is snnilarlydriven into theeye. at the free end of ilienjg finiember Bend isiiliifl i p I y by thetongue 15 at thetendl} position.

When the end member is sprung open the shown in solid lines, endfthe pin11 at the'fiee endof the member '13 is gu ded-so as to lodge In thehooks down the side dot the hood.

I While two resilient hood 7 later on sneps mto the roovelQ andthuslocks pm in proper I retainers are 1"! having hooks the pinll at y'ber 13. ,To

resilient nember=.is'pla eed between the eyes I,

the rounded" 7 arejsecured in place, the hoodhas been closed,- theresilient I from the position shown in dotted. lines inl ig. 2 tobeyond.

p p I 18,; the resiiienc'y of the member 13 thereafter-servingxto press7 shown in Fig l, it must be n1nderstoed'that any desired number maybemounted at each side-of the hood. The details and proportions of v thevarious details" may of my invention ass I alanine I frame andcarrying-e pin, a. (II-shaped. resila hook secured to" the the frame andat ek-jbnefckety secured to p k nllfbe, I changed without departing fromthe spirit I K tgtorthin the'clainis.

v 1; a; motor vehicle the combination of a frame and a, hood, a bracketsecured tothe 'e emotion of; I p e 1e fishepedresment memben means,etgone end of the/resilient e I to the hood, being stressed so as,

member formed from a fiat bar bent tosubtial groove intermediate itsends, said resilstnntialiy G-shape having; one end wound ient member.being formed with a tongue around said pin carried by the bracket, andstruck up from the portion wound around 10 a. second pin around whichthe free end of said pinto enter said groove and prevent 5 theresilient" member is wound and which is longitudinal movement of thepin.

ndapted to be engaged by the hooks on the hood; one of said pins havinga circumferen- JOHN ,SQUIRES.

